Last evening he does this.
Worse for him! He dodges about in his boat, does this man, till he gets chilled.

His hands,' taking up one of them, which dropped like a leaden weight, 'get numbed.

He sees some object that's in his way of business, floating.

He makes ready to secure that object.

He unwinds the end of his coil that he wants to take some turns on in his boat, and he takes turns enough on it to secure that it shan't run out.